British Expat Newsletter:
27 July 2005
This week: Shoot to kill – the death of Jean Charles de Menezes and the reaction to the 7 July and failed 21 July terrorist attacks in London.
British Expat Newsletter:
20 July 2005
This week: Magic – and the place of the supernatural in schools.
British Expat Newsletter:
25 November 2004
This week: ID cards – and the UK Government’s plans to introduce a scheme in Britain.
British Expat Newsletter:
8 August 2003
This week: Silly season – Pentagon bets on terrorism, Italian fake tans and a sweltering summer in Europe.
British Expat Newsletter:
9 July 2003
This week: the death penalty – in India, the UK and Guantanamo.
Where did we lose the plot?
“The Independent newspaper reported this morning that 20,000 people die each year in NHS hospitals from bacterial infections caused by super bugs that are almost immune to all known antibiotics. Well, that might be the cause of death as a coroner sees it, but every housewife and retired old-fashioned Matron knows better.” Liz Butterfield laments the primacy of cost-cutting over excellence.